they needed the intel leak to stop

Nonsense. Israel has had the US (and the UK) by the balls at that point. POTUS, at that point, was a huge Zionist and would've happily stopped any of that, had it actually been taking place (it wasn't).

Neither the US/UK were sharing Israeli troop locations with the Arabs. That's a convenient Israeli excuse for the failed mission to sink the USS liberty.

Israel targeted the antennas to disable its rescue. Luckily, a previously-disconnected antenna was used to call for help. Twice the USAF deployed to help the ship, and POTUS intervened to halt the rescue.

Turns out that a Soviet ship, nearby, threatened to nuke Israel if it went ahead with the sinking. That's what saved it.

they needed the intel leak to stop

Nonsense. Israel has had the US (and the UK) by the balls at that point. POTUS, at that point, was a huge Zionist and would've happily stopped any of that, had it actually been taking place (it wasn't).

Neither the US/UK were sharing Israeli troop locations with the Arabs. That's a convenient Israeli excuse for the failed mission to sink the USS liberty.

Israel targeted the antennas to disable its rescue. Luckily, a previously-disconnected antenna was used to call for help. Twice the USAF deployed to help the ship, and POTUS intervened to halt the rescue.

Turns out that a Soviet ship, nearby, threatened to nuke Israel if it went ahead with the sinking.